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Caroline Amalie was the daughter of Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark; Caroline Amalie's mother was the only daughter of Christian VII and his British wife, Queen Caroline Matilde, after whom she was named. She was born in Copenhagen and lived there until 1807 ...
Apr 5, 2023 · Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark and Norway was a prominent figure of the Danish royal family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Despite being officially recognized as the daughter of King Christian VII and Queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, her biological father was widely believed to be Johann Friedrich Struensee, the king’s physician and de facto ruler at the time of her ...
Jan 18, 2017 · Danish history’s most famous love child ensured the enlightenment never dimmed. The curious life of Louise Augusta, a princess born of this country’s most notorious extramarital affair. Golden-haired Louise Augusta was born in 1771 to the tragic Queen Caroline Mathilde and her lover, the German doctor Johann Struensee, who had been employed ...
Louise of Great Britain (originally Louisa; 18 December [ O.S. 7 December] 1724 – 19 December 1751) [a] was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1746 until her death, as the first wife of King Frederick V. She was the youngest surviving daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach . The marriage between Louise and Frederick ...
Caroline Mathilda's second child, Louise Augusta (1771-1843), was said to have had an unmistakable likeness to Struensée. Christian was as indifferent to the government of Denmark as he was to his Queen, so the ambitious Struensée "reigned supreme in the councils of state and in the heart of the Queen" .
Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark and Norway (7 July 1771 – 13 January 1843) was the daughter of the Queen of Denmark-Norway, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain.Though officially regarded as the daughter of King Christian VII, it is widely accepted that her biological father was Johann Friedrich Struensee, the king's royal physician and de facto regent of the country at the time of her birth.
Empress of Russia from 1881. Daughter of Christian IX and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. Married in 1866 to the Russian Grand Duke and heir to the throne, Alexander III. During the revolution Dagmar managed to escape, first to England to her sister Queeen Alexandra. Later she came to Denmark where, together with Alexandra, she bought the villa Hvidøre.
